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Radiology

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suffixes that mean pertaining to a specialty   ac, al, ic, ical, iatric, iatry  
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suffixes that indicate a specialist   er, ist, iatrician, logist  
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suffixes for the study of   start with 'log'  
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-ectomy   surgical removal  
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cardi/o   heart  
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crin/o   to secrete  
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dermat/o   skin  
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esthesi/o   feeling or sensation  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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inter/o   intestines  
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ger, geront/o   elderly  
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gynec/o   woman  
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immun/o   immune  
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ne/o   new  
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nat/o   birth  
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neur/o   nerve  
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obstetr/o   midwife  
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onc/o   tumor  
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ophthalm/o   eye  
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orth/o   straight  
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ped/o   child  
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ot/o   ear  
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laryng/o   larynx  
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path/o   disease  
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ped/o   child  
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psych/o   mind  
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radi/o   radiation or radius  
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rheumat/o   rheumatism, tissue damage usually in joints  
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rhin/o   nose  
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ur/o   urinary tract  
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-oma   tumor  
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endo-   inside  
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an-   no, not or without  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid  
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-lysis   loosening, freeing or destroying  
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-pexy   surgical fixation, fastening in a fixed position  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-rrhaphy   suture . ie. angiorrhaphy( suture of a blood vessel)  
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-scopy   with a scope  
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-stomy   formation of an opening  
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-tomy   making an incision  
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-tome   cutting instrument  
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-tripsy   surgical crushing , Lithotripsy( crushing of lith or stones)  
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-ectomy   excision , surgical removal or cutting out  
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aden/o   gland  
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angi/o   vessel  
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append/o, appendic/o   appendix  
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bi/o   life, ie biology  
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blephar/o   eyelid  
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cerebr/o , encephal/o   brain  
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chir/o   hand  
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col/o   colon  
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cutane/o , derm/a, dermat/o   skin  
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faci/o   face  
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hepat/o   liver  
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mamm/o, mast/o   breast  
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muscul/o, my/o   muscle  
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myel/o   bone marrow or spinal cord  
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oste/o   bone  
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pulm/o , pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o   lung  
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tonsill/o   tonsil  
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trache/o   trachea  
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vas/o   vessel, ie cardio-vas-cular  
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-algia   pain  
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-dynia   pain  
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-cele   herniation  
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-ectasia, -ectasis   dilation, Angiectasis, Neurectasia  
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-edma   swelling  
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-emesis   vomiting  
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-emia   blood  
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-ia, -iasis   a condition, Psoriasis  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-lith   stone or calculus  
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-malacia   soft or softening, Osteomalacia  
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-mania   execessive,  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-oid   resembling something else, Mucoid  
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-oma   tumor  
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-osis   condition, Neurosis  
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-pathy   disease  
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-penia   deficiency , Calcipenia  
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-phobia   fear of  
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-ptosis   prolapse, sagging, Ptosis (drooping eye lid)  
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-rrhage , -rrhagia   excessive bleeding or hemorrhaging  
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-rrhea   flow or discharge  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-spasm   twitching or cramping  
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-stasis   stopping or controlling  
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carcin/o   cancer  
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-opia   vision, Diplopia  
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-eum, -ium   membrane, peritoneum, endocardium  
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adip/o, lip/o   fat tissue  
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amyl/o   starch  
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glyc/o   sugar  
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hemat/o   blood  
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lact/o   milk  
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lith/o   stone  
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muc/o   mucus  
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pyr/o   fire  
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prote/o, protein/o   protein  
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phelb/o   vein  
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Mono- uni-   One  
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Bi- di-   Two  
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Tri-   Three  
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Quad- quadri- tetra-   Four  
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Centi-   One Hundreth  
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Milli-   One thousandth  
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Diplo-   Double  
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Hemi- Semi-   Half or partly  
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Nulli-   None  
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Pan-   All , Pandemic  
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Primi-   First  
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Super- Ultra-   Excessive  
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Ab-   Away from  
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Ad-   Towards or bring towards  
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Ante- pre-   Before or in front of , prerenal  
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Circum- peri-   Around  
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Contra-   Against or opposed  
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Dia-   Through  
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Ecto- Ex- Exo- Extra-   Outside of , without, away from  
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En- End- Endo   Inside  
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Epi-   On or above, epicardium  
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Sub- Infra-   Under or beneath  
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Inter-   In between  
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Intra-   With in  
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Ipsi-   Same side  
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Meso- mid-   Middle  
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Para-   Beside, near  
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Per-   Through or by, perspire  
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Alb/o- albin/O- leuk/o- for color   White. Albino  
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Chlor/O- for color   Green  
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Cyan/o- for color   Blue  
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Erythr/o- for color   Red  
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Melan/o- for color   Black  
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Xanth/o- for color   Yellow  
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- trophic -trophy   Dealing with nutrition or growth  
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-phagia - phagy ; phag/o   Eat or swallow  
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-phasia ; phas/o   Speech  
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Scler/o ; -sclerosis   Hard or hardening; arteriosclerosis  
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Gen/o; -genic -genesis   Beginning origin , producing or forming  
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Graph is what   The instrument  
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Gram is the   Record or recording  
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Graphy is the what   The process of recording  
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Encephal/o   Brain , because “en” means in or inside and cephal/o means head  
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Py/o   Pus  
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Pyr/o   Fever or fire  
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Aer/o   Air  
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Blast/o   Embryonic form or In the early form of development, osteoblasts  
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Cephal/o   Head  
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Cry/o   Cold , cryotherapy  
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Dips/o, -dipsia   Thirst, polydipsia  
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Hist/o   Tissue , histology histocompatibility  
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Myc/o   Fungus  
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Necr/o   Dead  
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Phon/o   Voice  
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Therm/o   Heat  
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Narc/o   Stupor, narcotics  
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Leps/o. - lepsy   Seizure  
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Crypt/o   Hidden  
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Malac/o ; -malacia   Soft or softening  
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Megal/o; - megaly   Large, enlarged or enlargement  
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Ech/o son/o   Sound  
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Fluor/o   Reflecting light  
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Tom/o   To cut  
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Define radiopaque   Substance that will not permit the passage of x-ray  
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Define radiolucent   Substance that allow passage of x-ray  
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Algesi/o   Sensitivity to pain, analgesia  
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Plast/o   Repair  
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Radiopaque vs radiolucent   Radiopaque blocks x-rays and is lighter in color and radiolucent let’s x-rays pass through and is darker in color  
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-plasia   Formation of tissue or just development of  
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Hyperplasia   Increase of number of cells  
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Hypertrophy   Increase in tissue size  
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Plane that creates left and right sides   Sagittal plane  
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Plane that creates front and back   Frontal plane or Coronal plane  
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Plane that creates top and bottom   Transverse plan  
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Recumbent   Lying down , lateral recumbent is lying on the side  
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Acr/o   Extremities, Acrocyanosis is a condition when extremities turn blue Acral means pertaining to the extremities  
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Dactyl/o   The digits toes and or fingers  
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Lapar/o   Abdominal wall , laparoscopic  
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Onych/o   The nails  
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Som/o, Somat/o   Body  
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Omphal/o   Umbilicus, used interchangeably with umbilic/o  
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Dacry/o or lacrim/o   Tear  
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Hidr/o   Sweat or perspiration  
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-Poiesis   Production  
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Sial/o   Saliva  
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Cyst/o   Bladder, sac or cyst  
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-Osis   Increased or abnormal ; carcinomatosis a cancerous tumor that is of increasing numbers or numbers are spreading  
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Rachi/o   Spine also spin/o Rachiodynia means pain in spine  
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Spondyl/o   Vertebrae also vertebr/o Spondylitis means inflammation of the vertebrae  
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Meta-   Change or next in a series; metacarpal  
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-asthenia   Weakness ; myasthenia gravis- muscle weakness  
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Paresis definition   Motor weakness  
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Plegia definition   Paralysis ; paraplegia lower extremities  
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-porosis   Thinning of the bone , osteoporosis  
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Arthr/o   Articulation or joint ; spondylarthritis- spondyl/o+arthr/o +itis ; vertebrae +joint+inflamation  
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Ankyl/o   Stiffening; ankylosis is stiffening of the joints  
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Cheil/o   Lips  
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Dent/I : Dent/o: odont/o   Teeth  
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Gingiv/o   Gums  
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Gloss/o: lingu/o   Tongue  
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Stomat/o: or/o   Mouth  
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Intestin/o; Enter/o   Intestines  
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ILe/o   ILeum  
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Cec/o   Cecum  
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Proct/o   Anus or rectum  
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Chol/e : bil/i   Bile  
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Cirrh/o   Orange yellow  
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-orexia   Appetite  
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-pepsia   Digestion  
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Cholecyst/o   Gallbladder : chol/e- bile and cyst/o- sac or bladder  
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Choledoch/o   Common bile duct  
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Pancreat/o   Pancreas  
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Olig/o   Few or scanty: oliguria  
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Pyel/o   Renal pelvis: pyelitis means inflammation of the renal pelvis  
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Hyster/o   Uterus  
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Salping/o   Uterine tube  
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Oophor/o   Ovary; also ovar/o  
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Metr/o   Uterine tissue  
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Colp/o   Vagina  
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Par/o   To bear offs  
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-para   Giving live birth, multiple neonates from one birth is considered 1 para or unipara not multiple  
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Xer/o   Dry  
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Pil/o ; Trich/o   Hair  
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Pseud/o   False  
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-lexia   Words or phrases  
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Myx/o   Mucus  
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Lei/o   Smooth, as in smooth muscle tissue: leiomyoma would be a tumor to the smooth muscle  
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-chezia : -chezia   To deficate or waste elimination; hematochezia = blood in stool  
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Rhabdo/. As in Rhabdomyolysis—   Rhabdo/ is rod shaped or striated, like in muscle tissues; myo is muscle— condition where muscle tissue breaks down and releases proteins into the blood  
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Ptysis   Spitting or spitting up  
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Ather/o   Yellow fatty plaque; not to be confused with Arteri/o which is vessel  
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-Oles : as in bronchioles   Little or small  
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Embol/o   Embolus; Emboli  
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Coni/o   Dust, usually R/T the lungs: pneumoconiosis  
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Term form less than 100 ml urine produced   Anuria  
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Term for less than 500 ml urine produced   Oliguria  
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Radicul/o   Nerve root: Radiculopathy; usually coming off the spine  
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